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Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.
John Bercow
The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.
John Bercow
I'm not in the business of warning people.
John Bercow
I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.
John Bercow
I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.
John Bercow
Fairness is not about statistical equality.
John Bercow
I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.
John Bercow
A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.
John Bercow
The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.
John Bercow
There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.
John Bercow
I've never been much given to little social cliques.
John Bercow
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
John Bercow
I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.
John Bercow
When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.
John Bercow
Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.
John Bercow
It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.
John Bercow
Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.
John Bercow
If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
John Bercow
There's no point in worrying about things you can't influence.
John Bercow
I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.
John Bercow
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.
John Bercow
One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.
John Bercow
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